dentaneus

Latin

Etymology

dēns +‎ -āneus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /denˈtaː.ne.us/, [d̪ɛn̪ˈt̪äːneʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /denˈta.ne.us/, [d̪en̪ˈt̪äːneus]

Adjective

dentāneus (feminine dentānea, neuter dentāneum); first/second-declension adjective

1. threatening

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dentāneus	dentānea	dentāneum		dentāneī	dentāneae	dentānea
genitive	dentāneī	dentāneae	dentāneī		dentāneōrum	dentāneārum	dentāneōrum
dative	dentāneō	dentāneae	dentāneō		dentāneīs
accusative	dentāneum	dentāneam	dentāneum		dentāneōs	dentāneās	dentānea
ablative	dentāneō	dentāneā	dentāneō		dentāneīs
vocative	dentānee	dentānea	dentāneum		dentāneī	dentāneae	dentānea

Related terms

• dēns

References

• “dentaneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press